------- Comment #5 from redi at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-10-30 12:15 ------- (In reply to comment #3) > I think it is a bug, because the class test is declared at the scope ::
A friend declaration specifies a class that belongs to the innermost enclosing namespace scope, outer scopes are not considered. This is not a bug. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36163